Yushan National Park & Western Taiwan - Taiwan - page 401

Sights
2 Alishan Forest Railway Chiayi Garage C1
3 Koji Ceramic Museum C1
4 Prison Museum D1
Sleeping
5 Assemble! Backpackers B2
6 Maison de Chine B2
7 Country Hotel A3
Eating
8 Gongbing Vegetarian Restaurant A3
9 Night Market C3
10 Pen Shui Turkey Rice B3
11 Yushan Inn Cafe D1
Information
12 First Commercial Bank C3
13 Visitor Information Centre A3
Transport
14 Chiayi Bus Company B3
15 Kuo Kuang Hao Bus Company A2
History
Chiayi is the capital of Chiayi County and was once the home of plains aborigines, but
during the Dutch occupation of Taiwan, Fujian farmers began to settle in numbers. The
name Chiayi was given by the Emperor Chien-lung, intended as a reward for Chiayi cit-
izens taking the 'right' side in an 18th-century island-wide rebellion. The city prospered
under Qing and later Japanese rule (when it was the capital of the sugar industry and one
of the most modern cities in Taiwan), but these days, sadly, there is too little of this
prosperity remaining.